Daredevil #6 Review

Writer: Chip Zdarsky / Artist: Lalit Kumar Sharma / Marvel Comics It’s my favorite time of the month, Daredevil week! Issue #6 marks the beginning of the latest arc, “No Devils, Only God”. The dramatically named title follows up on the “Know Fear” conclusion with Daredevil hanging up the tights after accidentally killing a criminal. Spider-Man decided and Daredevil concurred that he was no longer able to hero well enough to prevent unnecessary carnage. We pick up two months after Daredevil’s retirement and follow the lives of Matt Murdock, Detective Cole and Kingpin. Two of them are handling the loss of the vigilante poorly while one is thriving.

Murdock has adapted well to civilian life. “I thought I’d miss it . . . But honestly, I’ve never been happier”. He’s walking around buying strawberries. He’s buying old books and getting enchanted by women who aren’t into him. Most importantly, he has a new job as a parole officer. In true Murdock-ian fashion, he operates in a broken justice system with a spirit of righteousness. Detective Cole is in the awful spot of a cop trying to do the right thing in a broken police culture. Granted, “the right thing” in this respect is trying to arrest superheroes but it doesn’t make the ostracizing and literal abuse he suffers any easier to watch. He’s having a much harder time trying to take down Spider-Man and the lack of progress is taking its toll. Mayor Kingpin is working through the steps of loss violently with the help of some prisoner…